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The View From the Mat: Women Wrestlers in OklahomaThe members of Oklahoma City University's women's wrestling
team, one of the best squads in the country, discuss the thrill of
competition and the agony of cauliflower ear.
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Sen. Robert C. Byrd, a Democrat from West
Virginia, is among the staunchest supporters of Congressional earmarks. Last
year he spoke in defense of earmarks on the Senate floor.
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'We're Always in Language'Michael Holquist, the 2007 president of the MLA, explains why the group's recent conference explored the role of humanities outside the academy.
Joe Sanchez, U. of Texas at Austin
Libraries in virtual worlds will join physical libraries.
Susan Gibbons, U. of Rochester
Library schools need to update their curricula.
Nick Baker, Williams College
Companies like Google will bring "new blood" to libraries.
Casey Bisson, Plymouth State U.
Libraries need to be more than community centers.
Jessamyn C. West, Librarian.net
Librarians are not very "change oriented" as a culture.
Sarah Kostelecky, Institute of American Indian Arts
Diversity is important to the library profession.
Char Booth, Ohio U.
There will always be a need for librarians.
Brian Mathews, Georgia Institute of Technology
There's too much "bandwagon jumping" with new technology.
Hear U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings talk about
the continuing impact of last year's report by her Commission on the
Future of Higher Education.
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Podcast
Tech Therapy
Should You Outsource Your Technology Services?Colleges can benefit from putting companies in charge of IT services -- as long as they go about it the right way. Adrian Sannier, the university technology officer at Arizona State University, shared outsourcing advice with Warren Arbogast, a technology consultant, and Scott Carlson, a Chronicle reporter.
Interviews
Is the Internet Stifling Innovation?Jonathan Zittrain, a professor of Internet governance and regulation at
Oxford University, argues in a new book that people's growing intolerance
for viruses, spam, and other computer maladies will end up crippling
technological advancement.
Slide Show
A California Law School Promotes Indigenous Justice in ChileLaw students work with members of Chile's largest indigenous group, the Mapuche. (Photograph by Agence France-Presse)
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Saint John's University boasts a Modernist campus inspired by Gothic architecture. (Photograph by Greg Becker)
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See images of the changes made to Pomona College's Smith Campus Center.
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Take a tour of Skyspace, a new architectural installation at Pomona College.
The Persona of IndiaView photos of India by Sebastian John.
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